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4 places in Cologne

Dombrücke© Unbekannt · Public domain

Dombrücke

Cologne's first permanent modern Rhine crossing (1859), nicknamed the ‘mousetrap' – demolished in 1911 and replaced by the Hohenzollern Bridge.

Kölnisches Stadtmuseum© Thomas Wolf , www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 de

Kölnisches Stadtmuseum

Cologne's city-history museum with around 350,000 objects spanning 1,200 years – at a temporary home in the former Franz Sauer department store since 2024.

Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Cologne)© J. A. Wünsch · Public domain

Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Cologne)

A former municipal museum in the Bayenturm (founded 1907), destroyed during the war in 1943 – no longer in existence.

St. Brigiden (Cologne)© Anton Woensam · Public domain

St. Brigiden (Cologne)

A medieval parish church next to Groß St. Martin, demolished after 1802 – its ground plan is today traced in the paving.